Posts Tagged ‘Hampshire’

ITCHEN ABBAS — I spent today on walk-about in Winchester. I entered the first car park I saw and thought “this looks full”—turned out there was a car boot sale in progress—but I managed to find a space. After having a brief look at what was on offer I started the quarter-mile walk into the town centre. I passed by the public library (sorry, Winchester Discovery Centre) just as it was opening at 10:00 am. and popped inside to see if I could use the free internet on offer to send a few belated e-mails. I found I could connect but my e-mail client didn’t want to work. The e-mails would have to wait.
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ITCHEN ABBAS — I left the Royal Yeoman in Grimstone mid-morning in glorious sunshine and headed north for Yeovil and Sherborne. I intended to visit Sherborne’s two castles and so, because it seemed logical, I chose to go Sherborne Old Castle first. Another picturesque ruin, it was originally built by one of the Bishops of Salisbury, and at one stage was owned by Sir Walter Raleigh. After taking a look around the castle grounds I drove over to the neighbouring new Sherborne Castle—which is a bit of a misnomer as it was orginally a hunting lodge—only to find that it was closed for a special event. As it was Saturday there could very well have been a wedding booked.
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